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Graduate certificate · Education

Special Education and Teaching (Graduate certificate): earnings by school

30 schools report graduate earnings for this major.

Median across schools, 1 year out
$61,705
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Median across schools, 4 years out
$70,411
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical debt
$28,793
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort

Across 17 schools reporting 4-year earnings, the middle half of programs pay graduates between $61,980 and $79,249. The school matters less than you might think for this major.

Schools, highest earnings first

School1 year4 yearsDebt
CUNY Lehman College NY$92,241$102,329—
Johns Hopkins University MD$96,954$96,711—
University of Massachusetts-Boston MA$83,597——
CUNY Hunter College NY$83,134——
Relay Graduate School of Education NY$73,864$82,785—
Northern Arizona University AZ—$80,727$40,500
American International College MA—$79,249—
Olivet Nazarene University IL—$74,766—
University of Southern California CA$64,156$72,559$96,457
Endicott College MA—$71,751—
Kent State University at Kent OH—$70,411—
Lamar University TX$69,056—$19,318
George Mason University VA$66,870$66,463$31,625
Southern Connecticut State University CT—$66,321—
Ball State University IN$59,582$65,194$35,725
Southern New Hampshire University NH$64,802——
University of Missouri-St Louis MO—$61,980—
Pennsylvania Western University PA$61,780—$23,917
Texas State University TX$61,660—$28,793
Adelphi University NY$61,173—$20,500
Saint Cloud State University MN$61,750$59,443$41,000
Minnesota State University-Mankato MN$58,982—$30,779
Virginia Commonwealth University VA$58,444——
University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC$61,319$57,946$19,652
Arkansas State University AR—$53,710—
University of Phoenix-Arizona AZ$51,950—$20,500
Indiana University of Pennsylvania PA$50,974——
Albizu University-San Juan PR$47,580——
Appalachian State University NC$46,632$47,528$16,500
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German PR$21,247——